CUT IN RAIL WAGES PUT AT $350,000,000; Chicago Hears Reduction by Class of Workers Will Range From 10 to 15 Per Cent. WILL AFFECT 100 ROADS Elliott Tells Senate Committee Wage Cost of Operating Train Has Doubled Since 1917.

CHICAGO, May 24.--The rates of pay and classifications established by the Railroad Labor Board's wage award of July, 1920, will be used as the basis of reductions when the board hands down its new wage decision on June 1, it was Learned today. The board has arrived at... View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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